NetApp Certified Data Administrator, ONTAP NS0-159 Exam Questions

1. A storage administrator wants to recover a file from a snapshot. The rest of the data in this volume should be preserved.

In this scenario, which command would you use?

2. A customer wants the best performance for their Oracle DB solution. They are willing to configure their high-availability nodes so the load is less than 50% per node, to protect performance during failover. They want to enhance read and write performance.

Which NetApp technology accomplishes this task?

3. Before establishing a CIFS share, which four steps must be taken? (Choose four.)

4. Which three name services are supported with NFS? (Choose three.)

5. A customer wants to improve write performance on their FAS2552 HA system. The system is built with SAS drives, and they are not interested in purchasing additional disk shelves. The workload consists of mostly small, random overwrites and random reads.

What should the customer do to improve performance?

6. Exhibit:

In reference to the NFS export-policy rules shown in the exhibit, NFS clients mounted to /data1 from the 192.168.1.0/24, 192.168.2.0/24 and 192.168.3.0/24 subnets are able to mount /data1 and read files but are unable to edit files or write new files. All other subnets require read-only access to /data1.

What must you do to allow write access to the three subnets while allowing read-only access to all other subnets in this scenario?

7. Which statement about the cluster interconnect switch configuration is true?

8. What kind of structure can be deduplicated?

9. Which CLI command is used to move epsilon to a new node?

10. Which NetApp management tool generates reports on volume storage capacity trending information?

11. Exhibit:

While reviewing the port health shown in the exhibit, you notice that port e0c on node1 is degraded.

What would cause this problem?

12. You create a 150 GB thick-provisioned volume. In that volume, you create a 50 GB LUN with space-reserve enabled. You create another 50 GB LUN with space-reserve disabled.

Before any data is written to either LUN or a Snapshot is taken, how much space will be available in the volume for additional LUNs?

13. A newly created FC LUN is not visible to a Windows 2016 server containing other LUNs in the cluster that are working properly.

In this scenario, what must be verified in the solution?

14. You have a read-only volume that needs protection within the cluster, but you do not have a SnapMirror license.

Which mirror type would you use to protect the volume?

15. Exhibit:

The size of the aggr1 RAID group shown in the exhibit is 8. What is the RAID type?

16. What must be define in order to create a NFS export within Cluster-Mode?

17. A volume is created named vs2_vol2 on aggregate netappu-02. It is mounted in the vs2 namespace at /vs2/vol2. Volume move moves this volume to the netappu-01 aggregate.

What is the path to this volume after the move?

18. Which statement describes a MetroCluster environment in clustered Data ONTAP?

19. Exhibit:

You have a 2-node cluster named cl1 that has separate LIFs on each node for both SAN and NAS traffic. A storage failover takeover process is initiated as shown in the exhibit.

In this scenario, which two statements about the takeover process are true? (Choose two.)

20. Which two statements are true with clustered Data ONTAP support of IPv6? (Choose two)

21. Netapp Remote Support Agent (RSA) is supported which two FAS module types? (Choose two)

22. On an All Flash FAS, where is the root parity information located on a node using Advanced Disk Partitioning?

23. A company has a vault relationship between ClusterA and ClusterB. After a month of operations, the SnapVault update fails. The primary and secondary volumes have been thin provisioned and are reporting available space. There is connectivity between ClusterA and ClusterB.

What caused the update failure?

24. At which two levels would you be able to create a SnapMirror policy? (Choose two.)

25. NetApp ONTAP uses Snapshot copies for which two features? (Choose two.)

26. A customer wants to retire a broadcast domain called bcast1 from the cluster. All network ports and data LIFs previously using bcast1 have been moved to another broadcast domain. When the administrator attempts to delete the broadcast domain, the deletion fails.

What is causing the problem?

27. A volume named volume217 resides on an aggregate named node7_aggr12 and is mounted in the namespace at junction /source/april/test217. A file named revert.cpp is at the root of volume217. A volume move operation relocates volume217 to node3_aggr3.

What is the fully qualified path to revert.cpp after the move is complete?

28. Your company requires storage administrators to use a second authentication method when accessing OnCommand System Manager and OnCommand Unified Manager.

After entering their user name and password, administrators must enter a Personal Identity Verification (PIV) code from a smart card or a mobile device.

With which resource would you accomplish this objective?

29. A storage administrator has just received access to the ONTAP clustershell. The administrator finds it difficult to navigate through the hierarchy of commands and options.

Which two actions will improve the user's experience? (Choose two.)

30. To log in to the cluster with OnCommand System Manager, a cluster administrator account must be authorized for which two application types? (Choose two.)

31. Which command can be used to identify the target iqn name in Data ONTAP Cluster-Mode and later?

32. You have a 2-node cluster. Each node has one data aggregate. When a node fails, what happens to the failed node's data aggregate?

33. Which protocols are allowed by default data firewall policy? (choose all that apply)

34. What are two FPolicy methods for applications? (Choose two.)

35. When a pNFS client is connected on a LIF on node 1 of a 4-node clustered Data ONTAP pNFS 4.1 vServer, and node 2 performs a storage takeover (SFO) of node 1, and LIFs failover to node 3, which statement is true?

36. What are two benefits of using quad-path HA cabling on an AFF A700? (Choose two.)

37. AutoSupport recently stopped working. No changes were made on the cluster itself.

Which three factors outside of the cluster would cause the failure? (Choose three.)

38. An administrator is working with an application group to resolve a performance problem within the environment. They are experiencing slow read speeds and are trying to determine what could be done to improve performance.

What would you add to the system to improveabc performance?

39. Which three disk shelf types are supported in clustered Data ONTAP 8.3? (Choose three.)

40. What is an array LUN?

41. Which two Netapp tools perform pre-checks to determine whether a NAS environment meets the requirements for transitionin from 7-mode to clustered Data ONTAP? (Choose Two)

42. How does the NetApp Remote Support Agent (RSA) connect to NetApp support?

43. A customer requires that their data is fully protected from theft, both at the volume layer and at the disk layer.

Which two features of ONTAP satisfy this requirement? (Choose two.)

44. Which are two requirements for the Cluster-Mode solution? (Choose two.)

45. Where would you look to find the minimum and the maximum number of array LUNS supported by FlexArray?

46. You create a 1000 GB volume with space-guarantee set to none and fractional-reserve set to 0. In that volume you create a 400 GB LUN with space-reserve enabled.

How much space is available in the volume before data is written to the LUN?

47. ONTAP supports root-data-data partitioning on which configuration?

48. What will the storage aggregate create Caggregate aggr0_rg0 Cdiskcount 40 Cmaxraidsize 20 Cnodes cl-01 Cdisktype SAS command do?

49. When using SnapRestore, which two statements are true? (Choose two.)

50. When you use the volume snapshot autodelete command, what are three values for the commitment parameter? (Choose three.)

51. Which protocol(s) does Infinite Volumes support?

52. Clustered Data ONTAP supports which three versions of NFS? (Choose three.)

53. A customer cannot enable storage failover. You have verified that the cabling is correct, the HA partners can communicate with each other, and cluster HA is configured.

What must you do to resolve the problem?

54. Click the Exhibit button.

Referring to the exhibit, what is a valid storage failover scenario?

55. You are attempting to create an Active Directory entry for an SVM using the -vserver active-directory create- command, but the command fails, stating, -Error: command failed: Failed to create the Active Directory machine account.

What caused this error?

56. Which parameter must the cluster administrator properly define when configuring an iSCSI logical interface in Data ONTAP Cluster-Mode?

57. Click the Exhibit button.

If you change the aggr1 RAID type shown in the exhibit from RAID-DP to RAID-TEC, how many additional disks are required?

58. You execute a node takeover on a 2-node HA cluster for scheduled maintenance. Ten minutes later, you investigate the system and find that both nodes are online and active. Looking at the logs, you see that the node did complete the failover but that it completed a giveback after the node was back online.

What setting caused this behavior?

59. You want to replace the key management passphrase of a FAS8200 system using onboard NetApp Storage Encryption (NSE).

Which action accomplishes this task?

60. If a customer has a 2-node cluster, which of the following must be enabled for storage failover (SFO) to function properly?

61. A data Vserver can contain which three elements? (Choose three.)

62. Which two solutions are valid for clustered Data ONTAP MetroCluster?

(Choose two.)

63. In clustered Data ONTAP 8.2, what is the maximum number of cluster nodes if any SAN protocols are being used?

64. With clustered data ONTAP 8.2 and later, which statement is true about deduplication and Flex Vol sizes?

65. What are four characteristics of a NAS LIF? (Choose four.)

66. Which feature makes it possible for a storage administrator to add more than storage systems to a cluster?

67. When you deduplicate a thick-provisioned volume, in which area will you see space savings when using a df command?

68. Which LIF parameter determines the ports that the LIF moves to when the current interface goes offline?

69. What are three advantages of configuring network subnets? (Choose three.)

70. A customer enables Flash Pool with SSD storage pools for an HA pair using a single SSD hot spare. The client has assigned aggregates from only cl-01 to Flash Pool storage pool.

One of the SSDs in the storage pool fails and the customer observes that the SSd hot spare did not take the place of the failed drive.

Why did this happen?

71. What are two capabilities of Vserver setup? (Choose two)

72. A storage administrator has a Linux Oracle database that is using a SAN configuration with multiple dualported FC HBA connections for path resiliency and performance. The HBA ports are configured to separate FC switches.

Before configuring the LUNS from the storage, what information must be obtained from the host? (Choose three.)

73. Why would you use NetApp Snapshots?

74. Which statement is true about clustered Data ONTAP 8.2 node based licensing?

75. Which three network switches are supported in Data ONTAP 8.1.1 Cluster Mode? (Choose three)

76. Which two features provide physical path resiliency from a Windows 2016 server to an iSCSI LUN on a 12- node ONTAP cluster? (Choose two.)

77. An unexpected network outage has occurred and you have lost access to an NFS share inside an SVM on your cluster.

What is causing the problem?

78. After you complete an aggregate relocate, what happens to the relocated aggregate?

79. When a client transverses a junction, the client has entered:

80. You have a new cluster and must create a LIF on a port that uses LACP and a VLAN.

What is the correct order of network tasks that are required before you create the LIF?

81. What is the maximum size of a compression group?

82. Click the Exhibit button.

While troubleshooting performance issues, you notice that only one port in the NetApp interface group a0a is actively sending or receiving data.

Referring to the exhibit, what should you do to ensure that both ports in the interface group are actively used?

83. What must you do to transition storage controllers from a MetroCluster environment to a standard cluster?

84. On which two types of ports would data LIFs be hosted? (Choose two.)

85. Which two now feature are available in Data ONTAP 8.1.1 C-Mode? (Choose two)

86. How many cluster switch (es) are required for a NetApp cluster?

87. Which two must already exist before creating a subnet? (Choose two.)

88. You have an 8-node cluster and need to test a ping to all cluster interconnect ports between all of the eight nodes in one command.

Which advanced command would accomplish this task?

89. You are creating the source and destination SVMs for a new SVM disaster recovery relationship.

Which SVM set of subtypes should you choose?

90. Which user space utility is used to manage other applications in the user space?

91. From the output of the command “network interface show”, the logical interface that has a value of “false” under the “Is Home” column signifies it

(choose all that apply)

92. Which two methods would be used to change root-data partitioning on an FAS2500? (Choose two.)

93. For Vserver-aware NDMP backups, the ______________ must be enabled with cluster-aware backup extensions.

94. With clustered Data ONTAP 8.2, what two non-disruptive upgrade techniques are supported on cluster of 8 nodes or more? (Choose two)

95. There is a node in your cluster that needs to be halted to replace a hardware component.

Which two statements are true in this scenario? (Choose two.)

96. A SnapVault update transfers a source volume Snapshot copy that has the same name as an existing Snapshot copy on the destination volume.

In ONTAP 9.0 and later, what occurs on the destination Snapshot copy in this scenario?

97. Your customer has a Windows user that must access a volume with UNIX security style permissions.

What must be done to enable the Windows user to access the volume?

98. Which protocols does clustered Data ONTAP HA support with Infinite Volumes?

99. You want to create a FlexGroup volume that contains four aggregates with eight constituents each. In this scenario, what is the value of the aggregate list multiplier?

100. What command starts recording the current CLI session into a file?